The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-10
REPUBLICANISM.

Official Announcements Concerning the COM
ing National Convention.
WASHINGTON, Dec 9-The following call for
the next national Republican convention has
been issued by the national Republican commit
tee:
sTo the Republican Electors of the United States:
In accordance with usage, and obedient to
the instructions of the Republican national con-
vention Of 1884, a national convention OF deie-
gated representatives OF the Republican party
will be held at the city of Chicago. Ill, on Tues
day, the 18th day of June. 1883. at II O'Clock,
noon. for the purpose of nominating candidates
for President and Vice president to be supported
at the next national election. and for the trans
action of such other business as may be there
presented.
Republican electors in the several States.
and voters without regard to past political aHii-
alton, difference or action, who beileve IN the
American principle of a protective tariff for the
defense and development OF home industries
and the elevation Of home labor; who would re-
duce the national taxes and prevent the accum-
ulation of a surplus in the treasury in harmony
with this principle; who are opposed to the at
tempt, now more openly avowed than ever DO
fore, to establish g policy which would strike
down American labor to the level OF the under
paid and oppressed workers of foreign lands; who
favor a ysiem of naval and coast defenses whlcn
will enable the United States to conduct its
international negotiations with self-respect: who
gratefully cherish the defenders of the country;
who condemn and resent the continued and un-
just exclusion of rapidly growing territories
which have an indisuutsble title to admission in
TO the sisternood of States; who are II favor or
free schools and popular education, free and
honest ballot and fair count, the profeCtion OK
every citizen of the United States in his legal
rights at home and abroad, foreign policy that
shall extend our trade and commerce to every
land and CLINE. and shall properly support the
dignity of the Nation and the promotion OF
friendly and harmonious re.atOns and inter-
course between all the States, are cordially In
vited to unite under this call in the formation or
a national ticket
.sEach State will! be entitled to four delegates
at large, and for each representative st large
two delegates. and each congressional district,
each Territory and the District of Columbia, TO
two delegates. The delegates at large shall be
chosen by popular State conventions called on
not less tnan twenty days. published notice. and
not less than thirty days before the meeting or
the national con vention. The congressional dis
trict delegates shall be chosen in the same man
as the nomination of 8 member of Congress-
is made in said districts. The Territorial dele
gates shall be chosen in the same manner as the
nomination of delegates in Congress is made
The delegates from the District of Columbia
shall be chosen at convention con-
stI.uted OF members s.so11d in primary
district assem- oiies, held under the call and di-
rection of the Republican central committee or
said District. An alternate delegate for each
delegate in the national convention. to act in
of the absence of the delegate, shall be
elected il the same manner and at the Same
time as the delegate is elected. All notices of
contests must be fled with the national commit
tee in writing, accompanied by printed state
menss of the grounds of contests. which shall be
ing and determining contests will be given by
the convention accordance with the dates OF
filing of such notices and statements viii the
national committee. B. F. JONES, Chairman.
SAMUEL FEsSENDEN. Secretary"
Hon. B F. Jones. chairman of the national
Republican committee, has appointed the fol-
lowing mittee, to whom is intrusted the
duty of visiting Chicago. appointing, local
committee on arrangements. and taking charge
of the preparations for the convention: j. s.
Clarkson, Iowa; A. L. Conger, Ohio; G. a.
Hobart. New Jersey; Powell Clayton, Arkansas;
Cyrus Leland, jr., Kansas; Church Howe, Ne
braska; n. W. Quincy, Texas. Chairman Jones
and Secretary Fessenden are members of the
committee. ex oficio by vote of the full COM
mittse. The committee met and organized this
afternoon by electing J. $. Clarkson chairman.
subcommittee, with full power to act when
the committee is not in session, appointed.
and consists OF Messrs. Clarkson, Coneer. Clay
ton, Jones and Fessenden. A conference was
held between the committee and Mayor Roche,
Colonel Davis, Mr.. Swift and Mr. Jones, of
Chicago. with reference to taking immediate
steps to carry out the wishes of the committee